The Pollution Prevention and Control (Scotland) Regulations 2012

PART B

Manufacturing wood products at any works, unless in connection with an activity described in paragraph (c) of Part A of Section 6.1, if the manufacture involves a relevant activity and the throughput of the works in any 12 month period is likely to exceed—

(a) 10,000 m3 in the case of works at which—

(i) wood is sawed but not otherwise subjected to a relevant activity, or

(ii) wood is subjected only to exempt activities, or

(b) 1,000 m3 in any other case.

Interpretation of Section 6.6

In this Section, “wood” includes any product consisting wholly or mainly of wood.

In Part B—

“relevant activity” means the sawing, drilling, sanding, shaping, turning, planning, shredding, curing or chemical treatment of wood,

“exempt activities” means a relevant activity where, if no sawing were carried on at the works, any such activity would be unlikely to result in the release into the air of any substances listed in paragraph 9 of Part 2 of this Schedule in a quantity which is capable of causing significant harm,

“throughput” is calculated by reference to the amount of wood which is subjected to a relevant activity, provided that where wood is subject to two or more relevant activities at the same works no account is taken of the second or subsequent activity,

“works” means any premises, such as a sawmill, on which a relevant activity is carried out on wood.